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Rules + Timing

After the application deadline, Journalismfund.eu checks that formalities are in order and may call for more information from applicants. This usually takes one week.

After this the applications go to the jury who makes the final decision.

Applicants are usually informed around 30 days after the deadline.

Some applications can be refused on budget grounds.

Deadlines

There will be four application rounds in 2019.

14 January 2019, 11.59 PM Brussels time.

14 April 2019, 11.59 PM Brussels time.

14 July 2019, 11.59 PM Brussels time.

14 October 2019, 11.59 Brussels time.

Jury

The applications are assessed by a jury with 4 members. The members of the jury are experienced editors, investigative journalists or media specialists. They remain anonymous until they leave the jury.

Both Journalismfund.eu and the jury are bound to strict confidentiality—before, during and after evaluation of the proposals.

Criteria

Applications will be assessed based on 10 criteria in relative weight to each other:

1

Added value compared to mainstream coverage / a forgotten story

13

2

Relevance in society

13

3

Originality and innovative ideas, research methods

8

4

Feasibility

10

5

Experience of the applicants, references

4

6

Newsworthiness

10

7

Work effort requirement

6

8

Cross-border research, cross-border stories

12

9

Networking between countries, pooling research

12

10

Watchdog of EU institutions, policies, money

12

Total

100

Budget

Journalismfund.eu supports costs related to journalistic research for all media. This can include travel, translation, access to pay-databases or simply time to research. We do not support fixed costs such as office costs, investments such as cameras or computers or production costs.